# Saving faces: A facial surgeon's craft

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Iain Hutchison
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Languages and linguistics, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/iain_hutchison_saving_faces_a_facial_surgeon_s_craft)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Maxillofacial surgeon Iain Hutchison works with people whose faces have been severely disfigured. By pushing to improve surgical techniques, he helps to improve their lives; and by commissioning their portraits, he celebrates their humanity. NOTE: This talk contains images of disfigured and badly injured faces that may be disturbing -- and Hutchison provides thoughtful answers as to why a disfigured face can shock us so deeply. Squeamish? Hide your screen from 12:10 - 13:19, but do keep listening. Portraits shown in this talk come from Mark Gilbert.

## Lectures

1. [Saving faces: A facial surgeon's craft](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/iain_hutchison_saving_faces_a_facial_surgeon_s_craft/0f242f31cd4b), 16 min (TED's player)